{"id":3100,"date":"2025-08-25T19:46:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2025-08-25T19:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:46:47","slug":"new-river-gorge-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/?p=3100","title":{"rendered":"New River Gorge National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Almost Heaven.  West Virginia.  Or so they would have you believe.  I did enjoy my time in WV, but it&#8217;s probably the lamest National Park we&#8217;ve been to.  It was really difficult to find a place to stay, and the place I found was expensive and pretty terrible.  We did the bridge walk, which was expensive for what it was, but pretty neat. The New river, for whatever reason, is actually the oldest river in the United States. All in all I would not recommend WV as a destination, but definitely stop by New River Gorge if you&#8217;re driving through.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4980.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3098\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4980-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4980-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4980-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4980-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4980-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4980.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The New River Gorge bridge.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5037-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3088\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5037-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5037-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5037-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5037-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5037-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5037-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The shadow of the bridge <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5039.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"475\" data-id=\"3091\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5039-1024x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5039-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5039-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5039-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5039-1536x713.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5039.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view from the catwalk under the bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5040.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3092\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5040-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5040-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5040-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5040-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5040-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5040.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The catwalk under the bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4987.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3097\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4987-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4987-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4987-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4987-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4987-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4987.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A train bridge over the New river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4990.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3096\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4990-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4990-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4990-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4990-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4990-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4990.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pretty reservoir <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4992.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3095\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4992-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4992-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4992-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4992-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4992-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4992.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the pumps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3094\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5008-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5008-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5008-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5008-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5008-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5008.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The bridge <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3089\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5003-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5003-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5003.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I don&#8217;t eat at OK Chinese buffets, only excellent ones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3093\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5001-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5001-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5001.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More of the lake shore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5038.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3090\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5038-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5038-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5038-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5038-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5038-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_5038.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dangling over the New river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost Heaven. West Virginia. Or so they would have you believe. I did enjoy my time in WV, but it&#8217;s probably the lamest National Park we&#8217;ve been to. It was really difficult to find a place to stay, and the place I found was expensive and pretty terrible. We did the bridge walk, which was &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/?p=3100\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New River Gorge National Park&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3101,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100\/revisions\/3101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}